The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-12-03

Co-operation Necessary for
alton of tho ORA rl, me perpe,n

M neoa a. determined afe''"'
one nasea on 4 thorough knoW g,laF',
ofali the conditions, . firm deleamrnledgs
tloh to make a long and yja allaa'
effort. No exaggerated nsofoas
should be drawn, neither p'usaIss
expectations should be ,nds,alhe
let 1t be remembered that r.ised,
dropping wears away stones. ana as1aht
slow ploading aud constant "aa that
mined effort is attended win, hhelers
greatest result, "H lfe
The evils that affect us ha,,
accumulating aud gradually bea pesn
ing more and more fixed for veonl
Our effort to rid ourselves Of th
; therefore. must not be a spasron gnl
! effort. That the pay is more 10 ,hoals
engaged IN merchandising and N' ths
proceeds a greater per cent. nv tne
laborand capital employed, than 'hs
those engaged III agricultural W
suits, none will deny that tha n. pat'
are excessive in nearly evprp "j ;ns
lance is equally true, that va ns'
expect to remedy these evils hv
proper system of cooperative ho,,,sass
owned by ourselves is c]ertoints
within the range Of possibility by,
we must not regardthe establishment
Ola cooperative house a sncaess ny =
itself. We must not say all We haya
to do to get goods cheaper ia ia an
gage in merchandising on our o tms
account in order to gain the canse wa
seek to promote.
a Cooperative house fully esrah.
lished on q trade system rsecei Vine
our support cannot be successful fos
any length Of time without q moral
and positive effort to assist the cgpss
IN its combat with ell bppD3itlnn
When money is invested In a 70,
operative house With view to nlereh.
andising for the benefit our order
the battle for emancipation has he.
gun. When we have given sYph
house u support and assistance un>
I'll it begins u show signs Of certain
prosperity it has reached its height.
and not until then, and not untjl q
cooperative enterprise shows signs
OF unmistakhle victory does the on.
position crystalize and unite theis
Whoie force 10 crush it out Of exist.
eice, consequently it should be re-,
memhered that cooperative enter.
prises aud trade arrangements, or any
OF the many plans resorted to pro-
mote the business we seek TO achieve
san only succeed when they enjoy
full confidence and firm support, ana
constant assistance Of the entire or. !.
der, This being the case it behooyes
the membership to offer to look calm.
~ and with deliberate Judgement at
these enterprises before em~barking
in them, estimate all the obstacles to
be overcome ana form at least an apa
proximatc idea of the benefi. TO be
derived. Perhaps the most oonnion
expectation Of hretheren to PARTED
pate in the organization Of a co-oper~
alive house is that it will be the
means Of reducing the prices of such
commodities as they expect to con-
sumo They should not b9 disap~
pointed liz this. They have 4 right
to expect this much. Neithellshould
their expectations prove a failures
but we find that to estimate prices
quoted us relatively as an injusticef
for example, If a mercantile house,
with which we are now trading, ls in.
the habit Of selling q certain line Of
tobacco at SO cents per pound, and
we establish a cooperative store re-
ducinE the price of the tobacco to AZ
cents per pound, all the consumers
OF that tobacco are 10 cents better of,
but the merchant who has been sell
ing at 30 cents, all comes down to 40
cents. They are not buying relative
" cheaper from our own co-opera~
tive store than they could from the
merchant. Many who do not look
than the surface and have
forgotten that it sold at so cents prior
10 the inauguration Of the co-opera-
tive store would claim that the en-"
is of no benefit, because out
are selling equally as cheap
say perhaps 5 cents cheaper anG
-hns those who should be friends OF
he enterprise are often found to Dc
ts enemses on account of lack OF III
ormation as to existing circumstal-
'es prior to its establishment; hence
he necessity for this determined ana
astings e4lurt, ana need of long pull
strong pull together.
Its the duty Of the members OF the
rider who understand these things
o impress then upon these who do'
rot. We should remember that it IS
'tlr duty to p~atronize all Of our
fort, even II other stores at thaA
line are selling equally as low or
over, because they can well atforot
0 lose money to crowd our enter
rise to the wall. in which II they
ucceed, they will be enabled to make
rices that will compensate them for
ne losses. Therefore, brethren, III
o%nclusion ! would say, where yon'
laugurate a cooperative enterprise
Q to With the determination to STICK
, them through thick and thin, nc
at what parties sell the am
omnodities, you may reasonably
apect success. Go in on the prin'
pie and determination to succeed
ut II you simply go IN to make what
lere Is to be made on you lmmedI
lte purchase and bite at the tirstE
ate offered by the opposition yogl
ould do better to let them alone ahai
invest in them at all.
G. w. MACUNE.